Russia sent about 35,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Donbass

A serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces near a car with humanitarian aid. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 21 During the special operation, Russia sent nearly 35,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and the Donbass, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said on Tuesday. March 2022, the Russian Federation has already delivered 34,618.7 tons of essentials, food, medicines and medical supplies to Ukraine, carried out 1,197 humanitarian actions, including four in the past 24 hours in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and also Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions, during which 614.5 tons of humanitarian aid were handed over to the civilian population,» he said. 253.5 tons of basic necessities and foodstuffs are being transferred. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />March 15, 11:57 InfographicsHumanitarian aid collection points for refugees from DonbassInfographicsView